Morning Thread (3-25-2015)

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Went shooting with my neighbor last weekend. I have Mosin-Nagant envy

Posted by: gunslingeraz at March 25, 2015 06:44 AM (Ij1fE)

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Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, March 25, 2015. On this day in 1634 the first English settlers arrived in St. Mary's County to found the colony of Maryland. It was founded by Catholics who were being persecuted in England at the time. They did not start passing obnoxious gun control laws to hamper the freedom of their citizens until later.

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It seems that temperatures are not the only thing our government is lying to us about.

Crime stats published by the FBI and relied upon by the media distort the gun violence and leave the public with the impression "mass shooting" incidents are a much bigger threat than they really are, according to a criminologist and Second Amendment scholar. (Tom Lott)

So in order to enhance his stupid gun control crap Obama has the FBI out there ginning up a pack of lies for him. You can not trust a damned thing that comes from the federal government under Obama. But I am sure the MFM will spread this "news" far and wide. <sarc>

http://fxn.ws/19OiH36

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:45 AM (wlDny)

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The flight data recorder has been recovered from that French Airbus crash in the alps and we should be hearing something on the cause of the crash soon.

12 President Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. will keep nearly 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through the end of the year, hitting pause on the scheduled drawdown after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani voiced security concerns.

Just enough to be a target.

http://fxn.ws/19ii8gM

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:46 AM (wlDny)

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The Lanza home in Newton CT has been completely demolished by the town now. It was a 3,100 ft2 colonial on a 2 acre lot. Must be a rich town to afford tearing down a house that would cost probably at least a half a million dollars to replace.

http://fxn.ws/1C9wqLb

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:46 AM (wlDny)

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Yes, membership in the Gaystapo includes Navy officers and they have successfully attacked a military chaplain at the Nuclear Power School in Goosecreek, SC. Thank you Obama.

http://fxn.ws/1FE69IY

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:46 AM (wlDny)

15 FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg came under fire Tuesday at a House subcommittee hearing over allegations that Operation Choke Point, a controversial federal law enforcement program, abused its authority by cutting off funding for targeted businesses.

Just more hot air and how about a true description. It is not controversial, it is ILLEGAL. When will someone be charged with criminal contempt? When will someone go to jail. Can't do any of that. Well then, when will somebody be impeached? Oh, that's off the table.

http://fxn.ws/1BpY9nn

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)

16 Indiana Republican Sen. Dan Coats said Tuesday he is retiring from the Senate and will not seek re-election in 2016.

ACU rating 83/80 so he is firmly in RINO territory. No big loss but depends on who they replace him with.

http://fxn.ws/1bqA7n9

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)

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ISIS thugs are dug into Tikrit and the battle to take it back has stalled.

http://fxn.ws/1FE7tLS

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)

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Did the Morons know that CA has an actual ballot proposal that all gays and lesbians be put to death with a bullet to the head? I guess anything can be put on a ballot in CA.

http://fxn.ws/1ER9n8V

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)

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Pooty Poot is "testing" NATO with provacational flights. They know we have a pussy in the WH.

http://fxn.ws/1xxsSUz

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:48 AM (wlDny)

20 The No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department improperly intervened on behalf of foreign investors seeking U.S. visas in three cases involving prominent Democrats, including a company run by the youngest brother of likely Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, the agency's inspector general said Tuesday.

The IG said he did not violate any laws. That is bullshit. The MF is corrupt as hell and should be in jail but he is a Democrat.

http://fxn.ws/1xwYfi3

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:48 AM (wlDny)

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Ben Carson calls Obama a psychopath. He is a lot of things but I don't think he is that.

http://fxn.ws/1EF3JEv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:48 AM (wlDny)

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The Obamanites have gone judge shopping on the TX injunction for stopping his illegal amnesty. (Which he has been ignoring anyway). The 5th circuit has granted him an expedited hearing.

http://yhoo.it/1CNMtjG

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:48 AM (wlDny)

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Several Gemanwings pilots are refusing to fly now. That has to be bad publicity for their company.

http://bit.ly/1FU6hTf

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:49 AM (wlDny)

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Google executives have been pouring into the WH after the FTC launched its anti-trust investigation of Google. (sorry the only place I can find this is the WSJ behind a paywall)

http://on.wsj.com/1DW2mWU

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:49 AM (wlDny)

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De Commio goes after kid's juice now and exercise. I hope NYC voters like their shit sandwich.

http://nydn.us/1bpXpJE

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:49 AM (wlDny)

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Vic, such gloomy news. Tell us about a leftist spontaneous human combustion or sumptin.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at March 25, 2015 06:49 AM (AwFAz)

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Ford is marketing a new car (in Europe now) that will prevent you from speeding. Who would buy this POS?

http://engt.co/1xvGgZ6

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:49 AM (wlDny)

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5 Netanyahu is not the only ally the Choom snubs. He doesn't like NATO either.

http://fxn.ws/1FUmNTa
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Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. Doesn't even return the phone call. This is straight up dereliction of duty.

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White teacher in LA hit with lawsuit and removed from teaching for trying to teach the truth to racial idiots.

http://bit.ly/1CXcQFm

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:51 AM (wlDny)

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The UN will examine US sanctions against Iran to determine if they are "human rights violations". Looking at the thugs who are on that human rights council it is a foregone conclusion. It is amazing to me that no US President has pressed congress to drop out of the UN and kick them out of NYC.

http://bit.ly/1GSDNHT

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:52 AM (wlDny)

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There is a good chance that McShitty will be ousted in the upcoming primaries in AZ.

http://bit.ly/1DXq2Kk

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:52 AM (wlDny)

39 Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) will not be endorsing Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the Republican Presidential Primary

Of course not, Cornyn is a lot like Lady Boy. He sits right on the edge of RINO and often crosses the aisle to side with Democrats.

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The DOE has collected millions upon millions from nuclear facilities for storage of wastes at Yucca mountain, and now they have changed their plans to "interim facilities". They have already lost one civil suit.

http://washex.am/1y4E6ui

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:53 AM (wlDny)

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Republicans at that hearing on the illegal Operation Choke Point wants to know why nobody was fired. I'll answer that, because YOU have not held arch felon Holder accountable by impeaching him.

http://dailysign.al/1Bq1Auq

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:53 AM (wlDny)

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Heritage squashes the birthers' call that Cruz is not a natural born citizen.

http://dailysign.al/1HARFdr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:54 AM (wlDny)

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Economist testifies on Capitol Hill that spending money on alternative energy is a waste. I guess that is our no shit item of the day.

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27 Ford is marketing a new car (in Europe now) that will prevent you from speeding. Who would buy this POS?

Car Rental agencies?

Posted by: tmitsss at March 25, 2015 06:54 AM (Pa9vP)

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New Mexico has passed a law ending civil asset forfeiture in NM. Other States should follow here. But this article would lead you to believe that States had previously passed laws that allowed civil asset forfeiture. That would be wrong. There has never been any law passed that allowed police to take your property without being convicted of a crime. They just do it because they like money. Every time someone has challenged them on this they lose.

Vic re: 13. Read somewhere a local demolition company donated their services.

Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 25, 2015 07:03 AM (iVjJr)

Still seems like a waste. You know being in CT that had to be an expensive house. Hell, it would have been an expensive house here. Average price in my neighborhood the last time I checked was $110/sf and that was a few years ago. That house was 3100 df on a 2 acre lot.

Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 25, 2015 07:09 AM (iVjJr)

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I'm just gonna state that I voted against Cornyn in the 2014 election. He's a slimy POS. I pushed the straight R button then deliberately went back and changed his vote to the L candidate. Didn't matter much but it felt good to me.

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Um freaked which episode? Was it the episode where the Egyptian pilot suffered Sudden Jihadi Syndrome and crashed the plane? Or are you talking about the BS episode on JFK Jr being a stupid fool who killed himself and two other people?

One of the black boxes of germanwings Flt 9525, Airbus A320 registration # D-AIPX and with 58,300 flight hours since delivery in 1991, has been recovered.

Vic may not but you have a point. They did it with light bulbs they can do it with autos. This government is way out of control. We are not people anymore, just cattle. Branded and headed for slaughter.

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The only case of windshield failure that I know of relates to a British made passenger jet. The windshield was attached from the outside and a repair crew used the wrong sized bolts when replacing the windshield. The pilot's windshield blew out at altitude, sucked the pilot out of his seat and plastered him against the fuselage skin, several crew luckily grabbed the pilot to hold him, and the copilot managed to safely land the plane. The pilot even survived.

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What, people still "buy" cars? Thought they fixed that with market-driven social change. Used car market now totally controlled by manufacturer's leasing agents.Biggummint has been scared shitless by private cars since Nixon's day.

I suppose (sigh) that the Lanza homesite will make a lovely Peace Park.Did the place where the jimp ripped the chick's face off end up a game preserve?

It probably wasn't a Roman, more likely an Etruscan, who first said, You know, we may have gotten too Civilised for our own good, here.

Last week's health news was that Loneliness is a Killer. WSJ now reports on an Australian study that says Anger causes heart attacks and stroke, right up there behind smoking and obesity. So when they shut the interwebz down, you can see that it's for your own good.

Combine that with the Parkinson's drug that makes you all empathetic. How long before a ton of that goes in the water, what with the feds taking control of all water supplies? We're going to need thicker tin foil real soon.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 25, 2015 07:34 AM (xq1UY)

91Global warming caused the plane to crash.And who is to blame for global warming? Straight, white, Christian males!This must be the truth, it's right out of the Donk handbook.

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The only way I could believe terrorism is if someone had smuggled a gun aboard, and once they achieved cruising altitude and were cleared to move around the cabin, stormed the cockpit and shot both pilots in the head.

That should be a pretty easy scenario to discount if they have the cockpit voice recorder.

A bomb would have brought the plane down much more quickly than an 8-minute descent.

Posted by: Bill C. at March 25, 2015 07:36 AM (MMC8r)

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Amanda Knox better get her ass somewhere that doesn't have extradition treaties with the US or Italy, stat.

Run, Amanda, Run!

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2015 07:36 AM (7ObY1)

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Maybe it was an accident and I sure as heck don't know. I just don't
believe any government spokesperson about anything any more.

Posted by: freaked at March 25, 2015 07:27 AM (JdEZJ)

Looking at our government under the Choom and seeing that they have used fraudulent data to support global warming and then the fraudulent killings data listed above by the FBI you can see you can't trust our government now. Especially every time the Choom opens his mouth a lie pukes out.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 07:37 AM (wlDny)

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21 Ben Carson calls Obama a psychopath. He is a lot of things but I don't think he is that.

http://fxn.ws/1EF3JEv
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 06:48 AM (wlDny)

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Probably wasn't a good idea to say it out loud, but Carson is most likely correct This is from healthyplace(dot)com in an article called Narcissist vs. Psychopath:

"When the egocentricity, lack of empathy, and sense of superiority of the narcissist cross-fertilize with the impulsivity, deceitfulness, and criminal tendencies of the antisocial, the result is a psychopath, an individual who seeks the gratification of selfish impulses through any means without empathy or remorse."

Posted by: IrishEi at March 25, 2015 07:37 AM (E6RIJ)

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Here is the flight track log for this flight. Everything seems normal from take off. Even have a brief hold at 30k before it ascends again. Then levels out at 38,000ft for three minutes. There is a slight loss of altitude - air turbulence? - and then at 0531EDT the plane initiates its final descent. And at 0535EDT is the last altitude reading of 24,100ft.

97I'm wondering if a smallish bomb created a sudden decompression. Basically the plane flew itself into the mountain after the pilots were incapacitated.

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How come no texts or tweets from any of the passengers? They were descending rapidly for 8 minutes - that would have made at least some of them nervous. So maybe the whole plane was depressurized and everyone unconscious.

Posted by: @votermom at March 25, 2015 07:38 AM (cbfNE)

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86 I understand Narcissism and psychopathy are not
entirely unrelated behaviorally, but I am no psychiatrist. But then,
neither is Dr Ben, is he?

Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 25, 2015 07:39 AM (iVjJr)

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Sure, facts as presented are consistent with a cockpit takeover. But the thing is, Airbus cockpits have proven themselves capable of taking over without human intervention (Fly Into Ground By Wire).

Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 25, 2015 07:41 AM (iVjJr)

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votermom when a plane has a sink rate that sometimes hits 4,000ft/min if you are not plastered against the ceiling you are straining against your seat belt. So your mind will be occupied by sheer terror instead of Tweeting, assuming the plane had such service available.

10612 President Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. will keep nearly 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through the end of the year, hitting pause on the scheduled drawdown after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani voiced security concerns.

Just enough to be a target.

The Last Centurion

Posted by: Gem at March 25, 2015 07:41 AM (c+gwp)

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I just clicked through two layers to see MO with her hair pulled back looking bald. My judgment circuits may need caffeine.

Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 25, 2015 07:42 AM (iVjJr)

111Last week's health news was that Loneliness is a Killer. WSJ now reports on an Australian study that says Anger causes heart attacks and stroke, right up there behind smoking and obesity. So when they shut the interwebz down, you can see that it's for your own good.

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Rickb223, the Airbus automated flight systems can do that if not configured correctly, override the pilots as one famous Airbus accident showed when, before cameras, it overrode the flight crew and flew the plane right into the ground. Even worse there have been cases of partial autopilot disengagement.

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De Commio goes after kid's juice now and exercise. I hope NYC voters like their shit sandwich.

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Death to juice!

- Democrat Party

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 25, 2015 07:47 AM (WZrfY)

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I'm a regular Jeopardy viewer. I cursed every time she read a question. Like she is in that kitchen rinsing canned corn, puhleeze.

Posted by: no good deed at March 25, 2015 07:48 AM (ZKGnj)

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The Helios 737 crash occurred due to depressurization. Bad maintenance caused the leak. Knocked out everyone on board. Plane continued flying on autopilot towards Greece. F-16s were scrambled when no one could contact the plane. The F-16 pilots at first saw no one moving. Then one person was spied in the cockpit. Apparently one of the cabin crew revived, but he had no flight experience and when he did awaken the plane was just minutes away from running out of fuel. It was fuel starvation that finally brought the plane down.

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Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer says 7,700 Americans died of global.warming last year. These are just more deaths to add to the grim milestone.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 25, 2015 07:55 AM (MEbZu)

133This Aeroflot Airbus A310 went down due to several factors: one of the pilots let children fly the plane and the autopilot partially disengaged without the crew being aware that happened.

https://youtu.be/QEQWwU6yUMw

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 25, 2015 07:52 AM (VpkjW)

All I had to hear was "Aeroflot".

Remember the old Aeroflot joke? In the West, the rule on pilots and alcohol is "24 hours between bottle and throttle". At Aeroflot, pilots are strictly prohibited from consuming alcohol within 24 feet of the aircraft.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2015 07:56 AM (ynQIy)

134Pictures of the cockpit voice data recorder have just been tweeted here:

Makes you grateful for those illegal aliens who moved into your house while you were on vacation.

Posted by: Gem at March 25, 2015 07:58 AM (c+gwp)

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Iraq would have made a much better base of operations. And there was some stabilization there (while we were there) History tells us Afghanistan is and will always be a mistake. No wonder Obama joneses for it.

I think we should have a presence in the ME.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 25, 2015 07:58 AM (A98Xu)

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Shouldn't be any doubt anymore that dorm room foreign policy is child-like thinking and very, very dangerous.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 25, 2015 08:00 AM (A98Xu)

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I have been thinking of going to the big grocery store today for groceries but every time I look out the window it looks like it could start raining any minute. I hate pushing a buggy to the car to unload in the rain.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 08:01 AM (wlDny)

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Why do the Obamas feel the need to inject themselves into the daily lives of everybody in America? These government clowns are out of control.
Posted by: Fritz at March 25, 2015 07:45 AM (ty633)

I am sure the Team Obama still has plans for Michelle to enter the elective office arena at some point. Right now she is too unappealing, and frankly I'm not sure she wants to compromise her contempt for people, to the point of getting more than just the leftist harpy vote.

Not this time, but she could easily follow the Granny Mrs. Benghazi template. Get a nice cushy Senate seat, then look out, 2020 or 2024.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2015 08:01 AM (Dj0WE)

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Makes you grateful for those illegal aliens who moved into your house while you were on vacation.

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Just popping in quickly before leaving for work to note that there are three space launches in 7 hours scheduled for today.

First is a Delta IV launching a GPS satellite at 2:36 pm EDT, followed by a Russian launch of a satellite for SOuth Korea at 6:08 pm, and finally a Japanese launch at 9:21 pm., which is Thursday morning in Japan.

Then there are two more Russian launches on Friday including a manned Soyuz, followed by an Indian launch on Saturday.

Not sure about live coverage. I'd check the ULA website for the Delta launch. I don't see anything on NASA's website at the moment.

Posted by: rickl at March 25, 2015 08:04 AM (sdi6R)

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Bandersnatch if that is the real CVR, I can understand why its so badly crumpled. Impact into a mountain at over 400KTS will do that.

Judging by the age of the plane, number of flights, and total flight hours; it tends to point more towards something structural.

Looking at Airliner.net someone has already asked about maximum flight hours. It seems the A320 was originally designed for 48,000 cycles and/or 60,000 hours. Assuming the information on D-AIPX is correct and Lufthansa/Airbus have not initiated any fixes to extend life, this plane might have been on borrowed time.

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They could also have decided the Hillery template does NOT work for them, and are planning Michelle's coronation for '16.

Could her image be transformed enough to make it happen? I don't know about getting elected, but I could see her getting nominated. It would at least serve the purpose of sticking the final blade into Hillery and giving it a twist.

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Being the educated people Morons are, I suppose you all know about Mark Steyn's bi-weekly Sinatra countdown of 100 greatest Frank songs. If you haven't, you really should make his blog a regular stop; Steyn's writing is in tip-top form.

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Well if you pull my hair back hard and tie it, I look a little thin on top too. Of course, the First Lady is younger than I, ostensibly less male than I, and then as AtC says, I'm not pulling the levers of power, am I. I'm not telling America's Yoot what to eat Representing Good Health, and if I may say so despite Angry Smoking Loner, I'm in demonstrably better shape than she is. But I can't dunk.

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I must also point out that BEA is still tap dancing on overall responsibility over what really happened with Air France Flt 447, another Airbus, when it crashed all of a sudden in the middle of the Atlantic.

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Today is the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Over at the huffpo there is an article about 'remembering' the tragedy, but it's just a hit piece on Walker & Perry and all things Republican.
Am not linking; My loathing of the msm grows by leaps and bounds.

200At least the cop shooter is dead. He either killed himself or was fatally wounded when cops returned fire.

Posted by: Bruce J. at March 25, 2015 08:36 AM (iQIUe)

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The biggest news is the military chaplain being put on suspension for teaching that homosexuality is wrong.

That is the next step in the homos war on Christianity/morality/chastity. They will eventually purge all chaplains that voice any opposition to homosexuality. The military is now essentially one big brainwashing organization for homos.

After thatwill be public schools and sex ed, where students will be forced to learn that homosexuality is "normal" (this is currently done in several states).

Posted by: Ken at March 25, 2015 08:36 AM (LXJ1e)

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I still think Mary Ann is cuter.Not that I would throw Ginger out of my hut.

Posted by: steevy at March 25, 2015 08:35 AM (KETbL)

I think the problem with Gilligan's island was that TL had her heyday in the late 50s. By the time GI was on TV she was getting a little long in the tooth.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 08:37 AM (wlDny)

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Now that we're deep in boob territory, is it too late in the thread for more news-type stuff?

"Aircraft and military manufacturer Boeing has been granted a patent on a system that is designed to prevent explosion shockwaves from harming a target.... not designed to prevent direct impact from shells or shrapnel; rather, it is designed to protect a target -- such as a vehicle or building -- from the damaging effects of shockwaves from a nearby impact."

[I imagine there are good peacetime uses for such technology as well!]

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rather, it is designed to protect a target -- such as a vehicle or building -- from the damaging effects of shockwaves from a nearby impact."
[I imagine there are good peacetime uses for such technology as well!]

Dollar night at Taco Bell.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2015 08:40 AM (sPH5p)

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"Latino families own just nine cents for every dollar owned by White families, a figure known as the racial wealth gap"

The "next" target is retirement/401k/"wealth" for additional fairness, er, taxes. It's (the topic) is already out there, and will be pushed hard over the next few weeks/months, esp as we get close to April 15.

*you heard it here first!*

Posted by: anon a mouse at March 25, 2015 08:41 AM (KnbYp)

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Regarding the Airbus crash and others, why is it with all of the surveillance cameras we deal with on a daily basis they do not have them in aircraft ( cockpit and main cabin )... seems like kind of a no brainer ...

Vic, you homo. Tina Louise was only 30 when they began filming Gilligan's Island.

Posted by: Bruce J. at March 25, 2015 08:40 AM (iQIUe)

Well the makeup people did a shitty job then.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 08:49 AM (wlDny)

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157 Being the educated people Morons are, I suppose you all know about Mark Steyn's bi-weekly Sinatra countdown of 100 greatest Frank songs. If you haven't, you really should make his blog a regular stop; Steyn's writing is in tip-top form.

I know MY #1 Sinatra song: "One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)" from the stellar late-50s album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely.

It's data that is calculated by careful examination of banking records, stock market analysis, and a combination of incredible census and tax data, combined with pulling numbers out of their collective asses.

But mostly from pulling numbers out of their asses.

Posted by: anon a mouse at March 25, 2015 08:50 AM (KnbYp)

229Nearly 80% of Latinos in the United States are overweight or obese."

236I know MY #1 Sinatra song: "One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)" from the stellar late-50s album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely. One of the greatest "saloon songs" ever, in its definitive version.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2015 08:50 AM (7ObY1)

Mine is "I Like To Lead When I Dance," a great Jimmy Van Heusen / Sammy Cahn song cut from the movie Robin and The Seven Hoods. I just like it, that's all.

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What manipulation is being planned with Google meeting at the White House once a week?

Scroll up.

Posted by: anon a mouse at March 25, 2015 09:00 AM (KnbYp)

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"Nearly 80% of Latinos in the United States are overweight or obese"

My
kids who are 1/2 Hispanic (but 100% based on one-drop rule) are lean,
mean playing machines. But then, I regularly take away their video
games and throw them out of the house to play outside. Keeping junk
foods to minimum also helps and lots of hiking, biking and sports.
Surprisingly I figured this out without a govt. program to instruct me (Otherwise
known as White Privilege)

I'll take "Phrases We'll Hear Incessantly for the Next Year" for 500, Alex.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2015 09:00 AM (7ObY1)

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Anyone see Psack on Greta last night? They left the camera on her 2-3 seconds after the interview and see didn't realize it. The look on her face can only be described as a "that bitch" look. Jan was not a happy camper.

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Coincidentally, this also is ameliorated by me paying higher taxes."

Note that the term "this" also applies to, well, pretty much anything described as a "problem" in search of a "solution".

Posted by: anon a mouse at March 25, 2015 09:05 AM (KnbYp)

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"Unless the pilots did this on purpose for a political purpose it isn't terrorism."

No one flies a plane into the ground (or ocean, in the case of the Malaysian airliner) for religious or political reasons without making a public statement to that effect. It just doesn't make sense to die for your beliefs without telling anyone what they are.

As to the small explosion doing a sudden decompression, that would be easily handled because the pilots would know the problem. They have emergency oxygen and plenty of time to get the plane down to altitude.

Posted by: jwest at March 25, 2015 09:06 AM (9ZZd+)

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Here's part of the HuffPo article smearing Cruz. Read this and apply it to Obama for a good sense of their dissonace:

Cruz, in other words, has wanted this job badly ever since he made his first trip to Washington as the new senator from Texas. Moderate Republicans, Independents, and Democrats may scoff at his presidential campaign as an effort by a young and inexperienced political opportunist, but Cruz clearly believes he has at least a decent shot at the Republican nomination. And why wouldn't he? Establishment Republicans, after all, eye-rolled his 2012 primary contest in Texas, only to wake up the next morning shocked that he defeated a Republican incumbent who had tens of millions of dollars in his war chest and who seemed unbeatable.

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No one flies a plane into the ground (or ocean, in the case of the Malaysian airliner) for religious or political reasons without making a public statement to that effect. It just doesn't make sense to die for your beliefs without telling anyone what they are.
Posted by: jwest

You stated this as an absolute.We may agree that it makes little sense, but then, it doesn't make sense for a doctor to decide to use his car as a weapon either. Lots of violent shit doesn't make 'sense'.

Moreover, taking out an airliner without a note leaves your surviving family in limbo, not Hell. And the resoruces and headscratching involved mean that people are devoting resources and thinking about this long after the guy is Purina crab chow.

Anyway, if the kid is eating breakfast and lunch at school (some kids get free breakfast as well ss free lunch) and the school doesn't have recess, and the bus picks gets them back home when it's too late to play and they have lots of honework, then maybe the parent has a point about the school making the kid fat.
(Not really, but I hate that schools think a kid's weight is any of their business.)

Posted by: @votermom at March 25, 2015 09:10 AM (cbfNE)

277Ben Carson calls Obama a psychopath. He is a lot of things but I don't think he is that.

Definition of Psychopath from Dictionary.com: A person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.

One trait common to both Narcissists and Psychopaths: they don't care who they hurt, or how much they hurt them - since it isn't them personally being damaged. In either case Obama wouldn't care what happens to the rest of us - see: Stevens, Christopher, Ambassador - as long as he (Obama) is not harmed. From Obama's perspective it wouldn't matter if DC got nuked by the Iranians - as long as he could get away before it hit. Hey, he didn't get fried so it is all cool.

Anyway, if the kid is eating breakfast and lunch at school (some
kids get free breakfast as well ss free lunch) and the school doesn't
have recess, and the bus picks gets them back home when it's too late to
play and they have lots of honework, then maybe the parent has a point
about the school making the kid fat.

(Not really, but I hate that schools think a kid's weight is any of their business.)

Posted by: @votermom at March 25, 2015 09:10 AM (cbfNE)

They get all three meals here and even in the Summer when school is out. I suppose they also get EBT cards for the kids.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2015 09:12 AM (wlDny)

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@18 If McLaughlin was trolling, that's a brilliant piece of work. Teh gheys are such obnoxious bullies, it's hard to work up any sympathy for them.

Posted by: Brucella Jenner at March 25, 2015 09:15 AM (3F6F8)

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Is Amanda Knox in serious jeopardy? Really, Italy is letting a complete nutzo prosecutor loose in the face of all that evidence she had nothing to do with the crime? Ace won't like this, not one little bit.

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No, 30 wasnt long in the tooth back then. In the early 80s I went to see a bunch of old Bond films. I noticed that the women in the films were more mature than then barely legal stuff people think is normal. And the women were quite hot. I'm not into that lolita shite,

Posted by: Bruce J. at March 25, 2015 09:22 AM (iQIUe)

283"Ben Carson is a neurosurgeon. He's probably familiar with psychopaths."

Yeah, maybe, but, Neurosurgery is hardware. Psychopathy is software.

I realize this was a joke, but Psychopathy is not learned behavior; it is a result of wiring and neurochemistry.